Paul von Krause
Member of the Prussian Parliament
In office
1889–1917
In office
1921–1923
ConstituencyKönigsberg-Fischhausen
Vice President of the Prussian Parliament
In office
1896–1917
Secretary of Justice
In office
7 August 1917 – 13 February 1919
ChancellorGeorg Michaelis
Georg von Hertling
Max von Baden
Preceded byHermann Lisco
Succeeded byOtto Landsberg
Member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly
In office
1919–1921
Personal details
Born(1852-04-04)4 April 1852
Karbowo, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died17 December 1923(1923-12-17) (aged 71)
Berlin, Weimar Germany
Political partyNational Liberal
Deutsche Volkspartei
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig
University of Heidelberg
Humboldt University of Berlin
Professionlawyer

Paul George Christoph von Krause (4 April 1852 – 17 December 1923) was a German jurist and politician.

Biography

Paul von Krause was born Paul Krause in Karbowo (near Brodnica), West Prussia (modern Poland), he was ennobled ("von Krause") in 1913.[1][2]

Krause studied law at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg and Berlin and passed his doctorate in 1877 at the University of Göttingen. Since 1880 he worked as a lawyer, since 1887 also as a Notary, in Königsberg and Berlin.

From 1902 to 1909 Krause was a member of the board of the German bar association and Chairman of the Berlin bar association from 1905 to 1917. He was elected as a National Liberal member of the Prussian Parliament (Abgeordnetenhaus), representing the constituency of Königsberg-Fischhausen, in 1888 and became its Vice-President in 1896.[1][2]

Krause was the Chairman of the German Association of inland navigation in 1904-1906 and became Secretary of State of the Reichsjustizamt on 7 August 1917. He remained in this position throughout the German November Revolution and was replaced by Otto Landsberg on 13 February 1919.[1][2]

Krause became a member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly ("Preußische Landesversammlung") in 1919 and the Prussian Landtag in 1921, representing the Deutsche Volkspartei.[1][2]

Krause died in Berlin, where a street ("Paul-Krause-Strasse") is named after him.[3]

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